NickVyse
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Thanks to a lot of info provided on this forum and elsewhere I've just finished (well, is it ever) pimping my old 200tdi Discovery. Had her for 9 years and she's been a star. Been a builders truck, winter snow wagon (I live in the mountains), people carrier and more recently duty as a provisioning van for my business.
As such I really needed AC to help keep refridgerated and frozen produce just that (South of France = heat). Finding a local parts car with AC was the clincher in restoring the old girl.
So out came the usual rot, in went new metal, AC and then paint, mucked about with dash and installed a TD5 interior. Didn't have time to post progress here and didn't even get that many pics along the way, but here's a potted history.
The alloy lips on most of the door bottoms were missing through corrosion, so I cut the remaining bits off, cleaned and painted all surfaces and seam sealed and riveted them back together. That and a useful dose of waxoyl inside should be good for sometime I reckon. Fingers crossed.
Replaced the central cubby box with a base bin - no pics of it installed yet, but it looks great and sounds better. Even leaves me with a small cubby box.
Some hefty cutting required for the arches to fit, but the wheels needed it.
The cut on the door for the arch completely separates the skin from the shell - we went with expanding foam, followed by sealer, followed by stone chip.
Pre-detailing it will look a lot better - stereo needs to fit flush, the shift boots have been swapped for cheap ebay leather (7 quid for gear shift, tbox and handbrake - why would you bother making them yourself?) and a few other bits will be tidied.
The finished article. We made a van back simply by riveting and seam sealing in some alloy - great for keeping out the sun and I love the look.
Sitting down at the back a bit due to about a ton of **** in the boot, despite HD springs all round
Got another new wheel coming so the spare works and matches
And how does the new beast thank me for the zillion hours and several wallets of cash? She spat her rear diff on the road back to the south of France. Don't you just love old Land Rovers?
As such I really needed AC to help keep refridgerated and frozen produce just that (South of France = heat). Finding a local parts car with AC was the clincher in restoring the old girl.
So out came the usual rot, in went new metal, AC and then paint, mucked about with dash and installed a TD5 interior. Didn't have time to post progress here and didn't even get that many pics along the way, but here's a potted history.
The alloy lips on most of the door bottoms were missing through corrosion, so I cut the remaining bits off, cleaned and painted all surfaces and seam sealed and riveted them back together. That and a useful dose of waxoyl inside should be good for sometime I reckon. Fingers crossed.
Replaced the central cubby box with a base bin - no pics of it installed yet, but it looks great and sounds better. Even leaves me with a small cubby box.
Some hefty cutting required for the arches to fit, but the wheels needed it.
The cut on the door for the arch completely separates the skin from the shell - we went with expanding foam, followed by sealer, followed by stone chip.
Pre-detailing it will look a lot better - stereo needs to fit flush, the shift boots have been swapped for cheap ebay leather (7 quid for gear shift, tbox and handbrake - why would you bother making them yourself?) and a few other bits will be tidied.
The finished article. We made a van back simply by riveting and seam sealing in some alloy - great for keeping out the sun and I love the look.
Sitting down at the back a bit due to about a ton of **** in the boot, despite HD springs all round
Got another new wheel coming so the spare works and matches
And how does the new beast thank me for the zillion hours and several wallets of cash? She spat her rear diff on the road back to the south of France. Don't you just love old Land Rovers?
